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Want fall tomatoes? The time is now if you want to try your hand at growing fall tomatoes. Never tried it? Well, just about now, when your spring tomatoes are a big mess in the garden and overwrought with heat and not producing, is just about time to put in the delicious fall tomatoes. This should give us just about enough time to have some yummy tomatoes before the first freeze. (Yes, it will get cold again.)

It’s kitten season, with tiny, fuzzy, colorful, adorable kitties available at Beaumont Animal Services for free! Starting Sept. 1 and running all month long, BAS is waving the adoption fee for any kittens under 4 months. Adult cats will have half price adoption fees! All cats at Beaumont Animal Services have been vaccinated and wormed.

Say hi to Molly! Molly is ready to find her forever home. Her previous owner says that her mother was a beautiful German Shepard and the father was a Leopard Catahoula. Molly was born May 17, 2015, and is current on all of her vaccinations. She knows basic commands. She does very well with children and other dogs and is extremely nurturing to small dogs and puppies. She has not had puppies of her own and needs to be fixed. Molly is very protective and alert but not at all aggressive.

Fans of “Sons of Anarchy” will remember Deputy Chief David Hale, played by Texas actor Taylor Sheridan. Since the poor law man was killed off in season 3, Sheridan has concentrated his efforts on writing. First “Sicario,” the drug cartel thriller, which wowed critics earlier this year, and now this, which had its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival this year and came away with rave reviews.

Hello, friends! My name is Dunkin, and I am a goofy, playful young male Great Dane mix. I have big feet and a bigger heart. I already weigh 60 pounds, and I’m still getting bigger. I can’t wait to find a family that will love me from my nose to my toes! Dunkin No. 26951

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